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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Go ld -- feel free to ignore
  • Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:00:39 -0800 (PST)

Part of what you wrote is correct, Lynn. But, think about this; you 'don't'
live in the city. Do you really feel like you are 'in cintrol'?. If your
answer is yes, remind me again of why you are afraid to sell a silly gallon
of milk.

What being in the city, and then visiting rural areas does accomplish is to
give a person perspective on some ideas like 'power of numbers', 'dependence
upon municipal utilities' ; 'dependence on food distribution'; things like
that. In the city, I could see total chaos, within a few weeks, for the
people 'left' in the city. Those of us who are able, though, will have left
the city, and headed toward the rural areas; some of us to family and friends
with only good intent; others; the direction and intent will be different.

City people think Country people are dumb, uneducated, easily manipulated
hicks. Ruralites think that people living in the city are weak , soft,
p*ssies. Both views are naiive. You know how cheap life could be in certain
parts of Philly, the same is true of 'certain' parts of this city. Cities
compress numbers. We are simply the children or grandchildren of rural
people. Am I so different from my deer hunting, wood-cutting; brothers at
home. No, of course. Are you really that much different , as a person, than
when you lived in Philidelphia? probably not.........

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--- On Mon, 12/8/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>
> I think it comes from being in the city; it gives one a feeling of not
> being in control of their lives. Surrounded by people you don't know or
> trust...I felt that way, too, when I lived in the city.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
>
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